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 NoTHOCLiENA TENERA. ThIN-LEAVED 



Nothocl,ena. 



Class and Order. 

 Cryptogamia Filices. 



( Nat. Ord.— Filices. ) 



Generic Character. 



Sort marginales, continui v. interrupti. Involucrum nul- 

 lum (nisi setae interstinctae v. squamulae lanave frondis.) 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



NoTHocLjENA*tener«; frondibus bi-tripinnatis, foliolis ellip- 

 ticis integerrimis teneris glaucis glaberrimis, capsulis 

 nigro-fuscescentibus nitidis. 



Nothocl^na tenera. Gillies MSS. 



Descr. Fronds growing in a tufted manner, four to six 

 inches in length, ovato-deltoid in their circumscription, 

 each supported upon a glossy, purple-black stipes, bipin- 

 nate, the base tripinnate, the pinnae with an odd, terminal 

 pinnule or leaflet. Pinnules elliptical, obtuse, sessile 

 (except the terminal one, which is often petioled,) of a 

 membranaceous, thin, and delicate texture, glaucous-green, 

 especially beneath, pinnatedly nerved, the margin entire, 

 slightly recurved at first, afterwards plane. Rachis ex- 

 tremely slender, glossy purple-black. Sort uninterrupted, 

 Marginal. Capsules at first green, and partially covered by 

 the revolute margin, at length of a deep, shining brown- 

 black, and quite exposed to view : each is globose, reti- 

 culated, having a nearly complete annulus. 



For 



fp n • m n ^° ( ' a P ur * ou *> ^d %x»»»«, a cloak, or covering, from the imp 

 e «ly involute coverins to the naiMnles. 



covering to the capsules. 



